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    4th of July...whats everyone doing?

    Two Boston Butts and maybe a little something extra.
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    Yoshino Cherry

    Does anyone have any experience using Yoshino Cherry wood? Is all cherry the same or pretty much the same? Yoshino Cherry is a flowering ornamental cherry tree. It is the type of tree growing around the Tidal Basin in DC where they have the annual cherry blossom festival in the spring. The...
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    Hit a Gold Mine or Should I Say Wild Cherry Mine

    Does anyone know if Yoshino Cherry wood is good for smoking? I know that cherry is good for smoking, but does that apply to all types of cherry or just certain types?
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    New in Los Angeles

    The trick with neighbors is to include them. Offer them some of the results and not only will they not mind you making a little smoke while you cook, but they will also start asking when you are going to cook some more and may eventually provide meat for you to cook for them that they will...
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    Temperature Control in my new offset smoker

    I found a thermometer at Walmart in their grill supplies that fits the thermometer hole in the charbroil smoker. If you remove the plug that comes in the hole, you can thread the thermometer which has a base about the size of your thumb, mine anyway, right into the hole.
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    Charcoal Basket

    It was painted with black high temp paint.
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    Charcoal Basket

    Thanks for the advice. I will share, for those who like me are not very handy like me, what I am using for my charcoal basket. I found it at Home Depot and only paid $10 for it. It is a chimney cover. It has a heavy wire basket with a solid metal cap over the top to keep rain and animals out...
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    Charcoal Basket

    Richtee, I thought that was the whole purpose of the basket was to be able to start with a lot of charcoal and it would catch slowly and keep the smoker at a nice even temperatur in the 250 range. I agree removing charcoal to get the extra heat source out, but why did it get so high to begin...
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    Bobby Q

    Hi, I'm Bobby Q from just outside of Memphis. My love of BBQ started me to try my hand at smoking meat about 5 years ago. I have a charbroil Silver Smoker and an electric Brinkmann. I just stumbled across the forum portion of this site a few weeks ago. I mostly cook butts and ribs and family...
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    Charcoal Basket

    I tried a charcoal basket for the first time today and I am three hours into my first load of lump charcoal andeverything is going well except for one problem. I can't seem to get the temperature down below the 300 - 350 degree range. I filled the basket with unlit charcoal and poured one...
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